SUBLIME: Coutinho's form has earned him a call up to the Brazil squad [GETTY]

The kop favourite is part of boss Dunga's team to face France and Chile in upcoming friendlies.

Coutinho has been in scintillating form of late scoring two goals in his last three games and dazzling the Anfield faithful with his tricks, flicks and creativity.

The 22-year-old has only made 5 appearances for his national side and missed out on Felipe Scolari's World Cup squad so will be desperate for the opportunity to impress on the big stage in the upcoming matches.

Brendan Rodgers paid £8.5m for the ex-Inter Milan ace in January 2013 and the deal is beginning to look like a steal as Coutinho begins to show consistently the supreme talent he obviously possesses.

His boss has now tipped him as a potential winner of the PFA Young Player of the Year award and recently said that Coutinho owes his success to playing hours of Futsal as a youngster on the streets of Brazil.

Rodgers said: "What he gives to the team, he offers that gold dust to how we play. He's a wonderful player.

"If you see his videos on YouTube - playing futsal when he was 11 or 12 in Brazil - he's playing the same game now only as an adult.

"We knew he had ability, it was just about trusting that ability and allowing it to grow.